The forms of illegal fund-raising are as follows:
1, illegally raising funds in the name of planting, breeding, project development, manor development, ecological and environmental protection investment, etc.
2. Illegal fund-raising in the name of issuing or disguised shares, bonds, lottery tickets, investment funds and other rights certificates or futures trading or pawn;
3. Illegal fund-raising by claiming shares and participating in dividends;
4. Illegal fund-raising through membership cards, membership cards, seat cards, discount cards, consumer cards, etc. ;
5. Illegal fund-raising by means of commodity sales and leaseback, repurchase and transfer, membership development, business joining, and "quick integral method";
6, the use of private "societies", "societies" and other organizations or underground banks for illegal fund-raising;
7. Use virtual goods such as "electronic stores" and "electronic department stores" to promote investment and return illegal fund-raising;
8. Divide property, real estate and other assets equally, and illegally raise funds by selling their share disposal rights;
9. Illegal fund-raising in the form of signing commodity distribution contracts;
10, illegally raising funds in the form of pyramid schemes or secret series;
1 1, illegal fund-raising in the form of investment funds through the Internet;
12, illegally raising funds in the form of "electronic gold investment".
Legal basis: Article 192 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
The crime of fund-raising fraud aims at illegal possession and uses fraud to illegally raise funds. If the amount is relatively large, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.